Career Central
Getting your degree is just the beginning. Visit Career Central for
links to job sites and resume/interview tips that will help you in your
pursuit of gainful employment. And while you're there, make sure you
make the connection with the State Bar of Wisconsin's own Legal Career
Center.
- Legal
Career Center: Through a national network, WisBar gives legal
employers a powerful tool for recruiting legal professionals-from
attorneys to paralegals and other support staff. Job seekers have free
access to thousands of current law-related position openings, searchable
by job type, area of practice, and geographic location.
- Hot
Legal Jobs: The 2008 Salary Guide, published by Robert Half
Legal, a legal staffing company, identifies five positions as
“in-demand” in 2008.
- Classified ads: Get
the latest job openings from theWisBar and Wisconsin Lawyer
classified ads.
- Pro Bono Opportunities:
Getting involved in providing legal services to low-income residents is
a great way to learn practical lawyering skills, client interviewing
techniques, network with practicing lawyers and learn more about
different substantive areas of law. This site offers useful resources to
help you learn more about pro bono opportunities in Wisconsin.
- Law
Student Associate Program - Take your law school experience to the
next level by becoming a State Bar of Wisconsin Law Student Associate -
at absolutely no cost to you!
- Diversity
Clerkship Program - To further support the goal of diversity within
the legal profession, The State Bar of Wisconsin facilitates a summer
clerkship for first-year law students with diverse backgrounds. The
program is open to University of Wisconsin Law School students and
Marquette University Law School students. Students are matched with
private law firms, corporate legal departments and governmental
agencies.
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- CareerBuilder.com: The nation's largest employment network - find jobs locally or nationally.
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- Monster.com: Find a great job. Meet the right people. Make big things happen for yourself and your career. Monster will show you how.
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- National Association for Law Placement (NALP.org): Since 1971, The National Association for Law Placement, Inc.® (NALP) has served as the premier source of information for legal career planning and recruitment. NALP's mission is to meet the needs of all participants in the legal employment process for information, coordination and standards.
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- Internship Do's and Don'ts: The value of one or more internships to college students cannot be overstated. Internships have simply become a must for all college students. Internships help you better understand your field, help cement (or at times change) your career goals, and give you the experience employers demand -- even of college graduates.
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- Quintessential Careers Job Interviewing Tutorial: Job interviewing tutorial, This free tutorial is designed to help you become more knowledgeable about all aspects of job interviews, from the importance of establishing rapport, to nonverbal cues, to types of interviews and types of interview questions (and how to best answer them). This interviewing tutorial is full of strategies and tips -- for all levels and types of job-seekers.
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